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Citizen archivist. The only person on earth preserving filmstrips. Lost Media hunter. Don't talk to me about politics.
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Typical Friday night in front of the TV putting donated filmstrips in the database

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Media archivists have heard your cries for lo-fi beats and cozy second-screen experiences. Watch me slowly scan filmstrips to safeguard at @archive.org. www.youtube.com/live/k_sXfkj...

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Someone heard my fundraising video I made for the Filmstrip Festival today and said "That can't be his voice, that's AI." You really can't win on the internet no matter what you do, can you?

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Want to see how slowly I have to scan filmstrips due to lack of funding? Interested in seeing new scans as they happen? Want a chill second-screen experience? Watch my scanner crawl through filmstrips. Even a little progress is progress, right? WATCH: youtube.com/live/q9DsiXf...

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We're trying something new: "Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beats to Scan Filmstrips To." Check it out: www.youtube.com/live/8sh8AHV...

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Why didn’t I think of this

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New livestream (lo-fi chill) -- Microfiche -- US govdocs online&free. (important) Work of Many many people now in production! join in the fun: >> fun: www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R... archive.org/details/demo... go @archive.org !

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Patreon supporters >$5 and higher can now watch a First Draft of an "Around the World Kids" filmstrip, a lesser-known Hanna-Barbera property. The Kids visit the children of Sajima, Japan. www.patreon.com/posts/110659...

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Please donate if you can and share if you wish! It's important that we archive and preserve this part of our history. @uncommonephemera.org are the only people in the world working to preserve #filmstrips!

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LIVE NOW: Looking through #VHS tapes for stuff that needs to be safeguarded at @archive.org. What will we find? IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch. twitch.tv/uncommonephe...

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LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Weird stuff? Lost or endangered media we can safeguard at @archive.org? Only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live at 7pm EDT at twitch.tv/uncommonephe...

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Seriously. Thanks everyone. There’s still so much work to do but I feel like we made a dent. More importantly, we had some fun. Hope to see you tomorrow night for the other thing I do.

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Today's lineup for the #FilmstripFestival

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LIVE NOW: The final day of the 2025 #FIlmstripFestival. We've got a loaded playlist and a live unboxing. We still need your donations to keep the work going. youtube.com/live/NCxlg_t... twitch.tv/uncommonephe...

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Help support the only person in the world trying to preserve educational film strips without any institutional funding. Busy? If you're an Amazon Prime subscriber, use your free $5:monthly Twitch subscription to gift to them every month www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/com... #FilmstripFestival

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Last day of the festival! If you like quirky, awkward, sometimes cringey retro content these film strips are for you! I mean I learned all about acne from Shaggy, Velma, and Scooby-Doo yesterday 😄 Consider donating to help their preservation 👇 uncommonephemera.org

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The 2025 #FilmstripFestival wraps up today with more filmstrips, an unboxing, and more. We still need your help to spread the word and help find funding for 2025. Join us from 2-8pm EDT today on YouTube & Twitch.

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We’ve watched a lot of great filmstrips on day 2 of the #FilmstripFestival, but there’s still a few bangers left in the schedule. There’s also still time to help us keep the lights on.

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Are you watching the #FilmstripFestival? We're trying to raise awareness about thousands of endangered films, and raise funding to save them. Can you help? Twitch: twitch.tv/uncommonephe... YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/abcr6nz...

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Please check out Mark's amazing #FilmstripFestival - LIVE NOW - on Youtube and Twitch - and help him raise funds for his excellent preservation work. 🎞️

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LIVE NOW: Day 2 of the 2025 #FilmstripFestival! Help us raise funding for this crucial preservation project! Twitch: www.twitch.tv/uncommonephe... YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/abcr6nz...

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Last night I got a lesson in how to mime things to please Lord Jesus — it was the most fun I’ve had sitting down in a long while. But tonight is the sequel of this summer - questions answered? More revelations? Definitely things we cannot allow to be erased from history. Join us if you can!

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This was a blast yesterday, learning more about how film strips are being preserved as well as watching the film strips

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Very happy to find someone working on archiving the lost media of filmstrips! Looks like a special live stream this weekend so check it out!

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LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: Day 2 of the 2025 #FilmstripFestival. We need your help to raise awareness and funding to keep saving these ignored films. Watch on YouTube, Twitch, or X tonight 7-midnight & Sunday 2-8pm EDT.

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Woot! Volume is up now! Best cube! #filmstripfestival

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Ha! Straight out the gate: the educational film from the 1970s: "How To Get Gonorrhea" with surrealistic artwork and funky music. "You will meet a tall dark handsome man who will give you...the Clap!" "Moist!" "No burning and no pus" #FilmstripFestival

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WE'RE LIVE! The 2025 Uncommon Ephemera #FilmstripFestival is underway! Tune in now: YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/BGtkko3... Twitch: www.twitch.tv/uncommonephe... X: x.com/i/broadcasts...

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Join us tonight or tomorrow? 100% chance you’ll see something you ain’t never seen afore or before.

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Tonight's lineup for the #FilmstripFestival. Can you guess which filmstrips we're showing based on my shorthand?

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TELL EVERYONE WE'RE SAVING WHAT NO ONE ELSE IS SAVING: We're trying to save filmstrips, a format that's been ignored almost completely by archivists & retro YouTubers. I need your help to keep preserving them & safeguarding them at @archive.org. Join us this weekend for our #FilmstripFestival!

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*** YOUR WEEKEND IS SET *** @uncommonephemera.org is going to be holding a filmstrip festival this weekend to highlight both the work needed to be done to save filmstrips, and to help ensure funding for this critical project. Here's a mass of information about it: www.reddit.com/r/internetar...

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Here is Volume the Filmstrip Cube! I modeled and rigged him one bored afternoon. I want to release him but I have a few more things I need to do first. You can watch his filmstrips here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #blender #3dcg #filmstripfestival

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SPREAD THE WORD: TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT! Join us for day 1 of the first-ever #FilmstripFestival. We're raising awareness and funds to help ensure this lost media format can be properly saved at @archive.org. Join us live on YouTube, Twitch, and X for a celebration of these endearing films.

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Folks, feel free to dip in and watch this rare and hard to preserve video history. It's a fundraiser, streaming tomorrow Friday May 16th at 7:00 p.m. to midnight Eastern daylight Time and Saturday May 17th starting at 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Eastern daylight. Live streaming on YouTube and Twitch

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Who else remembers filmstrips in school?! I can still hear the *bong* to go to the next frame. Check out the ONLY person on Earth trying to preserve/restore this educational medium: @uncommonephemera.org. #60s #70s #80s #education #school #film #filmstrips #FilmStripFevistal #nostalgia

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I am speechless and Mrs. Ephemera is tearing up. That is so amazing! Thank you so much. #FilmstripFestival

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The 2025 Uncommon Ephemera #FilmstripFestival starts tomorrow! Get all the details on this free Patreon post: www.patreon.com/posts/128983...

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